Permission granted for a Craigavon project with conditions attached isn’t the finish line, pre-commencement conditions genuinely need formal discharge before any work starts, and skipping that step puts the whole permission at real risk.
Get StartedCraigavon decision notices typically separate conditions into two real categories, ones that need discharging before work starts, and ones that can wait until a later stage. Confusing the two is a genuinely common and costly mistake.
The council charges a fee for each discharge request in Craigavon, though submitting multiple conditions together in one application usually means paying that fee just once, worth doing wherever the conditions genuinely allow it.
Every Craigavon application gets prepared to the standard the council actually expects, properly labelled and referenced against the specific condition it addresses.
We read every condition on your notice
One fee instead of several separate ones
Properly labelled and referenced
Before you need to break ground

Every Craigavon enquiry starts with a proper read of the decision notice, working out exactly which conditions genuinely need discharging and which are performance conditions that don’t.
From there, we prepare the supporting details for Craigavon’s council, grouped into as few applications as the conditions genuinely allow.
Given how easy it is for a Craigavon discharge application to sit unattended, we stay on top of it until conditions are genuinely cleared.
We’d rather flag a genuinely urgent Craigavon condition early than let work start before it’s properly discharged.
Real savings come from submitting Craigavon conditions together wherever the details genuinely allow it, not from cutting corners on what’s actually required.
We treat Craigavon discharge applications properly, not as a formality, given what’s genuinely at stake if a condition gets missed.
Conditions attached to a loft conversion planning permission in Craigavon? We handle those with the same attention to detail as any larger scheme. If you need help discharging planning conditions, give us a call on 0330 133 5316 or fill in the form below.
A pre-commencement condition on a Craigavon permission must be formally discharged before any building work or material change of use begins, not before completion.
It’s a real risk in Craigavon, an early start doesn’t just risk a fine, it can undermine the permission itself.
It depends on Craigavon’s specific council, but submitting conditions together in one request typically means paying the fee once rather than per condition.
8 weeks is the formal target for Craigavon, but realistically planning for 12 to 16 weeks avoids nasty surprises.
Yes, and it’s genuinely worth doing in Craigavon, since the council charges per request, not per condition, submitting them together usually means one fee instead of several.
It’s not necessarily too late, but a Craigavon project that’s already started without discharging pre-commencement conditions needs addressing properly and honestly, sometimes alongside retrospective planning permission.